MRO & Conversion

DHL Supply Chain has commenced management of all aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul logistics activities for Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon in the airlines’ home base at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), part of a… Read More

The Bedek Aviation Group of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a partnership agreement with Haite Group, through its subsidiary Tianjin Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd., to co-develop a conversion programme for B737NG passenger to freighter… Read More

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) a world leader in aviation leasing and financing, is planning to convert a further 30 B737-800s into freighters with feedstock aircraft coming from its existing portfolio and converted when the… Read More

SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) and GE Aviation have agreed to establish a new engine overhaul joint venture based in Singapore for B777-300ER and -200LR GE engines. The joint venture will see GE holding a 51… Read More

West Atlantic Airlines, a European dedicated cargo airline specialised in mail and express freight, has agreed to lease four B737-800 Freighters from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), which will make the airline the first operator… Read More

Etihad Airways Engineering, one of the largest commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services providers in the Middle East, has signed a letter of intent with DHL Supply Chain to outsource its entire internal… Read More

UPS has ordered three B767 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions from Boeing, the two announced during the 2017 Paris Air Show today. “The purchase and conversion of these 767s is a perfect example of how UPS is… Read More

DHL Express has ordered an additional four firm and 10 optional A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions from Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture between ST Aerospace and Airbus, at the Paris Air Show on Monday. This… Read More

The Bedek Aviation Group of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will open an aircraft conversion site in Mexico City for conversion of B767-300’s into freighters, to be run by Mexicana MRO Services as Bedek’s sub-contractor. The… Read More

Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) announced the company has inducted the third 11-pallet position B737-400SF freighter conversion for Kalitta Charters. The aircraft arrived at Commercial Jet’s Miami, FL facility and will commence modification immediately with the… Read More

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